Home Staging tips for the holiday market

Well that time of the year has arrived, the wonderful joy of shoveling the heavy wet icy snow from your walkways to your driveways. Winter is not all that bad, the holiday family gatherings far out way the negatives that 10 inches of snow can bring. We at All in one Staging & redesign would like to share some helpful tips for those Realtor and FSBO's who still need to hold open houses.We all know that this time of the year can slow all type of markets up, especially the Real Estate market. But there are ways to make sure you don't bring selling your house to a stop. All in one Staging & redesign will show you ways to make sure you make your house stand out, with out Blinging out.

Let me explain, Im sure you love decorating the outside of your house with Santa's, sparkling lights, and a whole bunch of other Christmas cheer. But in the eyes of a potential home buyer, that can be a huge turn off. In these days of being politically correct, the people who don't celebrate Christmas could pass by your house just because of the decorations. So keep it to a minimum when decorating the outside of your house during the holidays. And Please do your self a favor, don't let your agent take pictures of your house with these decorations up.

Another tip about Christmas decor while selling your house is, Less Is More! The same applies to the inside of your house as the outside during the time your house is on the market. Sorry to all those folks who love to decorate like we do at All in one Staging, but you have to remember...your house is now a product once you put that for sale sign up, and these little tips that Stagers use will help sell houses faster in the winter market.

Finally, and I think this could be the most obvious but one of the most important tip in selling your house in the winter is, Shovel your side walks. I know it seems very obvious but you would not believe how many open houses we at All in one Staging & redesign have been to slipping and sliding are way to the door. We offer a shoveling package to our vacant staging clients, so they don't have to worry about the snow when holding a open house, because we would send over a employee to make sure the walkways are clean and salted so the open house visitors will start off on a positive note.

I hope we at All in one Staging & redesign shed some light on how to properly decorate a house for sale during the winter months, and pointed out some of the obvious tips that sometime get over looked, but could be the tip that helps sell your home.
Happy Holidays & Season Greeting
Best Wishes,
All In One Staging & redesign inc, Chicagoland's north west suburbs Elite Staging firm
1-630-292-2710

HOME STAGING, ONE DAY ROOM FLIPS & REDESIGNING TIPS FOR BARTLETT IL AND CHICAGO IL STAGERS: Home Staging tips for winter open houses...

HOME STAGING, ONE DAY ROOM FLIPS & REDESIGNING TIPS FOR BARTLETT IL AND CHICAGO IL STAGERS: Home Staging tips for winter open houses...

Home Staging tips for winter open houses...

Well that time of the year has arrived, the wonderful joy of shoveling the heavy wet icy snow from your walkways to your driveways. Winter is not all that bad, the holiday family gatherings far out way the negatives that 10 inches of snow can bring. We at All in one Staging & redesign would like to share some helpful tips for those Realtor and FSBO's who still need to hold open houses.

We all know that this time of the year can slow all type of markets up, especially the Real Estate market. But there are ways to make sure you don't bring selling your house to a stop. All in one Staging & redesign will show you ways to make sure you make your house stand out, with out Blinging out.

Let me explain, Im sure you love decorating the outside of your house with Santa's, sparkling lights, and a whole bunch of other Christmas cheer. But in the eyes of a potential home buyer, that can be a huge turn off. In these days of being politically correct, the people who don't celebrate Christmas could pass by your house just because of the decorations. So keep it to a minimum when decorating the outside of your house during the holidays. And Please do your self a favor, don't let your agent take pictures of your house with these decorations up.

Another tip about Christmas decor while selling your house is, Less Is More! The same applies to the inside of your house as the outside during the time your house is on the market. Sorry to all those folks who love to decorate like we do at All in one Staging, but you have to remember...your house is now a product once you put that for sale sign up, and these little tips that Stagers use will help sell houses faster in the winter market.

Finally, and I think this could be the most obvious but one of the most important tip in selling your house in the winter is, Shovel your side walks. I know it seems very obvious but you would not believe how many open houses we at All in one Staging & redesign have been to slipping and sliding are way to the door. We offer a shoveling package to our vacant staging clients, so they don't have to worry about the snow when holding a open house, because we would send over a employee to make sure the walkways are clean and salted so the open house visitors will start off on a positive note.

I hope we at All in one Staging & redesign shed some light on how to properly decorate a house for sale during the winter months, and pointed out some of the obvious tips that sometime get over looked, but could be the tip that helps sell your home.

Happy Holidays & Season Greeting

Best Wishes,

All In One Staging & redesign inc, Chicagoland's north west suburbs Elite Staging firm

1-630-292-2710

All In One Staging & Redesign Kitchen makeover

Here is an example of adding some color to make room elements POP. Before the cabinets blended into the background, Now just by adding some color, this kitchen was the focal point of the home.
Here you see Sandra MonteMayor our expert Stager of All In One Staging & Redesign lending a hand painting after a client called us for help. This house has been on the market for almost a year. Kim the owner of the home found us on the Internet to help her sell the home. Sandra showed up for a walk through consultation and spent a couple of hours walking the home taking pictures and notes of ways to get her home sold. Well as you can imagine Sandra All In One Stagings expert Stager spent quit a bit of time in the kitchen, explaining ways to bring out some of the homes focal points so potential clients fall in love with the home and have to have it.

We at All in one Staging & Redesign put together a action plan for the home owner to tackle to make her home more attractive. The home owner called her Realtor to take new pictures of the home to put on MLS as she was not even done with the work we put together for her. Well a call came into the office explaining she had one day to make all the changes and upgrades, because her agent was going out of town that weekend. So we quickly put together a team to come over and help the home owner paint the kitchen and do a make over for it, and paint the bathroom as well also making that over on that Saturday & Sunday. Well we pulled it off.

All In One Staging & Redesign has a mission plan that we our bringing customer service back one customer at a time. And do our best to make each and every client happy with are work. And this is just another case of us dropping everything to help one of our clients out.

The final Price for us to do all this work was lower then you would expect (well this home owner is a perfect example). she wrote a great thank you note to us which we put on our website at http://Allinonestaging.com so feel free to stop by and read other satisfied clients letters to us and see how we might be able to help you to.

Thank you,
Regards, Brian Bloom
All In One Staging & Redesign inc,
1-630-292-2710

Home Staging With Pets

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  This is Macy, All In One Staging & Redesigns guard dog. We also use her to visit the elderly in Retirement Homes, Hospitals, Child daycare and our Christmas cards. But the biggest thing we use her for is Love, she is our family member.
  So we know how hard it can be when we go for a walk through Staging Consultation for occupied Homes, when we run into the problem of overwhelming pet odor, and have to tell the owner in a kind but constructive way that something has to be done about the smell.
  When Selling a home, All the senses come into play~
  sight= All the clutter and over sized furnishings ( you have to remember your selling the square footage of the house not the furniture)
  Smell= you want the house to smell fresh and clean ( Not like your Pet)
  Sound= You don't want to hear the outside rutgus ( unless you choose to)
  Touch= You want to make sure EVERY THING is clean to the touch (We have a white glove standard when we get calls to Declutter)
  Taste= When we at All In One Staging do open house preps (we always bake cookies that will stimulate your Smell sense and Taste because we offer the cookies to the clients)
  So When you decide you want to move, you can see that there is a lot of things to consider besides just cleaning up a bit and start packing your bags. We are in a buyers market now, and you have to do a lot more just to get people to come to An Open House for Sale.
  What can you do to make sure you Sell your house fast, One of the most effective way is to hire a Home Stager, They are experts in Making sure your House has what it takes to Sell Faster & for More Money, Also make sure you find a Realtor who knows the importance in Staging Their listing Before they put them on the market.
  I hope I shed some light on how to Sell your house faster and for more money. some times even if you think your house is clean, as you can see there is so much more that a Home Staging expert can help you with, and for a very reasonable price.
  Thank you
  Regards,
  All In One Staging & Redesign Chicago's North West Suburbs Elite Staging company

Persistence Pays Off Big, Real Estate company's getting to know the importance of Home Staging!

Last night I opened one of our All In One Staging emails after refinishing some Drexler Heritage furniture we bought from a little old town furniture store. Well to my surprise I see a email from a Top Real Estate Company in the Midwest, well Nationally actually, we had been trying to work with for months.
We had been trying every thing to get a chance to work with them, like leaving our portfolio with Donuts with them, Making individual jelly bean packages connected to our flyer's, to emailing them quite often with pictures of houses that we had Staged for another Top Real Estate Agent All In One Staging & Redesign works with on every house before they list the home.
Well our persistence Payed off! The Real Estate company told us that they had a company meeting that week to talk about Staging their listings. Well other Stagers had also dropped their portfolios off to them in the past, so they had a few to compare from. Well All In One Staging & Redesign had the best prices and quality workmanship they seen and that is why they picked us!
I just wanted to let you know that Persistence does pay off! To the newbies here, you have to pound the pavement as they say, and don't expect to hear YES a lot, because it just won't happen. You just hold your head up high like we did, and say Thank you for your time and we will keep in touch in case you do change your mind.
Some Realtors will say they already work with a Stager, Well you say Kindly, Great so you know the importance of Staging a home in this buyers Market then, and if your person is busy or can't make a job, Please keep me and my portfolio in mind.
Anyway I just wanted to share this bit of good news, and never give up. Staging will soon be as important to a Real Estate company as home inspections. Think about it who wants to walk through a messy house, or a house that is just a blank canvas hoping the buyer can imagine their furnishings in these empty rooms?
Well hope the best to you too, and happy Staging!
All In One Staging & Redesign inc,
Sandra Montemayor/ ASP IAHSP HOME STAGER
Brian Bloom/ Project Manager

The Price of Home Staging in the Midwest $$$

We at All In One Staging & Redesign would like to just like to point out a few ways to pick a good Home Stager in the Chicago land area. We don't want you to make the wrong choice because the price only.

We have Top Realtors that we work with and the testimonies to prove our relations with them, Make sure the Stager you are looking for has the same.

We our ASP certfied from a Top Staging courses that specalizes in the art of Home Staging, Make sure they have some credentials.

We are insured and have a currant Illinois business licence, Make sure they do to. (very important)

We have a website http://allinonestaging.com/ so you can see the testimonies along with other services we offer, Make sure you are not hiring someone who thinks they can do what they see the programs on HGTV or A&E are doing.

The programs you see on TV only show you a glimpse of what it takes to even began to Stage a home. They only have 30 minutes to show you little clips, not all the behind the scene work that has to be done in order to make your home look the way they make it look like.

If you do watch those shows, and I admit I do, they are entertaining. But pay attention to the break down of the cost, they say you can do a vacant for under $300-$400.00 dollars, that is just for the items they bought, they never show the labor cost so just figure labor is about another $300-$400.00 dollars. Some Stagers charge $150.00 an hour, we at All in one staging charge far less for the same quality workmanship.

Just to give you a idea of what an ASP article said about Midwest Home Staging Prices is it goes for between $1,200 and $3,500 dollars on avarage depending on the size. And it is worth every penny to most because you have a vacant house sitting empty but still having to pay thousands every 30 days.

So this is just another tip we want to give out to those interested in Home Staging. All In One Staging & Redesign specializes in written consultation, this will save you hundreds because we give you a DIY blue print that will show you how and where to place your furniture make your house a model like home. And if you need some help, we would come by to fine tune and work with you to get the job complete. Not only that, we would also place your home on our ASP listing page that receives 7 million hit a month from people looking for well Staged Homes.

So feel free to stop by our website and see how we can help you for a budget minded price.

Thank you, and Regards
Sandra Montemayor~ ASP, IAHSP Home Stager in Chicago/Bartlett IL. & surrounding areas